Word: vast
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...Teng-Hui has a knack for lighting political fires. His allies say the 11-year President of Taiwan is simply a determined nationalist following the wishes of the vast majority of his electorate. But domestic critics call him a loose cannon, and his adversaries in Beijing regard him as a truly dangerous provocateur. While he likes to talk and often does so injudiciously, Lee is a shrewd politician consciously engaged in a high-risk game of chicken with China...
...this last week I have gone--I am fairly sure--where few Harvard students have gone before--amid the tiny villages (some of which seem not even to have names), the winding one-lane roads and the vast green expanses of the Pyrenees in southwestern France...
...this last week I have gone--I am fairly sure--where few Harvard students have gone before--amid the tiny villages (some of which seem not even to have names), the winding one-lane roads and the vast green expanses of the Pyrenees in southwestern France...
Last week Rudy and Hillary kept their battered, tormented psyches under control, but how long can it be before she lashes out at the vast right-wing conspiracy and he lashes out at everyone else: food vendors he doesn't approve of, uncurbed dog owners, community gardens (sell 'em) and jaywalkers? But so long as his Inner Tyrant is dormant, Rudy is one photo op after another. As Hillary traveled the state "listening," the mayor never sat down or shut up. While she got away with answering a measly eight questions from reporters, Rudy was taking eight a minute...
Willie explained that since the vast majority of schools in Boston's largely still residentially-segregated black community were closed down in the 1970s, proximity preference means that for the most part, white children will be able to attend the schools of their choice in their own neighborhoods, neighborhoods which are predominantly white...